Savory Bread Pudding Recipes

Dessert lovers know the comfort of a rich bread pudding, a way to top yesterday’s bread with custard and cook it in a casserole dish into something sublime. (“Casserole” has a broad definition: simply, a side dish or stew cooked slowly in an oven.) Leave out the sugar and you have a savory custard, to…
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RECIPE: Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce

Bread pudding is a Southern classic that can be tweaked to become a fall special with the addition of pumpkin purée. This recipe, from Heidi of FoodieCrush, not only adds the pumpkin, but tops the bread pudding with a bourbon pecan sauce. Says Heidi: “With bourbon pecan and caramelized pecans topping a bread pudding made…
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A Spicy, Crunchy Gingersnap Biscotti Recipe For The Holidays

A gift of homemade biscotti for your Thanksgiving host is especially thoughtful. Biscotti last for several weeks in an airtight tin, so the host family has a treat to look forward to after all the leftovers have been consumed. Annalise of Completely Delicious created these White Chocolate Gingersnap Biscotti after her grandmother’s gingersnap recipe. “These…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Harvest Topping, A Fall Garnish

What’s Harvest Topping, you ask? As created by Country Crock, it’s a universal topping that can garnish anything from a baked Brie to a sundae to a crumble. Not to mention oatmeal, French toast, pancakes, waffles and yogurt. It’s also a salad topping. And we even mixed it into rice! Country Crock recommends it with…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Fiori di Sicilia, Fior Di Sicilia

Fior di Sicilia, an Italian essence that translates to “flower of Sicily,” was used by our friend Ruth’s mother to flavor almost everything she baked. Biscotti, brioche and sweet breads, cookies, cheesecake, angel/pound/sponge cake, pie, macarons, meringues, yellow and white cakes got the fior di sicilia treatment, especially during the holidays. Ruth’s mom no doubt…
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